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Table 2 Details of studies analyzed for determining prevalence of five cancer types

From: Cancer prevalence in Pakistan: meta-analysis of various published studies to determine variation in cancer figures resulting from marked population heterogeneity in different parts of the country

  

Prevalence with 95% confidence interval

 
 

Author

Journal

Year

Study design

Total cases

Positive cases

Overall

Lower

Upper

Breast Cancer

Badar F, Mahmood S

JCPSP

2015

SKMCH and RC database

49,765

11,848

24%

23.4%

24.2%

Shahid Mahmood et al.

SKMCH

Report

1994–2015

SKMCH and RC database

71,824

15,309

21%

21.0%

21.6%

Ahmad, Sheraz, et al.

J Ayub Med Col

2013

Cancer registry

255

50

20%

14.7%

24.5%

Qureshi, Muhammad Asif, et al.

Cancer Epidemiol

2016

Pathology cancer registry

7843

3930

50%

49.0%

51.2%

Ahmad, Zubair, et al.

APJCP

2016

Retrospective study

5153

1650

32%

30.7%

33.3%

Bhurgri, Yasmin, et al.

Int J Cancer

2000

Karachi Cancer Registry

2108

698

33%

31.1%

35.1%

Badar, Farhana, et al.

BMJ Open

2016

Cross-sectional study

2726

987

36%

34.4%

38.0%

Oral Cancer

Ahmad, Zubair, et al.

APJCP

2016

Retrospective study

10,000

1021

10.0%

9.4%

10.6%

Qureshi, Muhammad Asif, et al.

Cancer Epidemiol

2016

Pathology cancer registry

13,508

2623

19.0%

18.3%

19.7%

Shahid Mahmood et al.

Report

1994–2015

SKMCH and RC database

71,824

4143

6.0%

5.8%

6.2%

Badar F, Mahmood S

JCPSP

2015

SKMCH and RC database

49,765

3291

7.0%

6.8%

7.2%

Bhurgri, Yasmin, et al.

Int J Cancer

2000

Karachi Cancer Registry

4268

386

9.0%

8.1%

9.9%

Badar, Farhana, et al.

BMJ Open

2016

Cross-sectional study

5134

106

2.0%

1.6%

2.4%

Bhurgri, Y., et al.

JPMA

2002

Cancer registry

7396

776

10.0%

9.3%

10.7%

Prostate Cancer

Ahmad, Zubair, et al.

APJCP

2016

Retrospective study

4847

237

4.9%

4.3%

5.5%

Ahmad, Sheraz, et al.

J Ayub Med Col

2013

Cancer registry

300

25

8.3%

5.2%

11.5%

Badar F, Mahmood S

JCPSP

2015

SKMCH and RC database

14,893

1222

8.2%

7.8%

8.6%

Badar, Farhana, et al.

BMJ Open

2016

Cross-sectional study

2408

168

7.0%

6.0%

8.0%

Bhurgri, Yasmin, et al.

Int J Cancer

2000

Karachi Cancer Registry

2160

68

3.1%

2.4%

3.9%

Qureshi, Muhammad Asif, et al.

Cancer Epidemiol

2016

Pathology cancer registry

5665

127

2.2%

1.9%

2.6%

Bhurgri, Y., et al.

JPMA

2002

Cancer registry

7396

296

4.0%

3.6%

4.4%

Shahid Mahmood et al.

Report

1994–2015

SKMCH and RC database

64,204

2402

3.7%

3.6%

3.9%

Stomach Cancer

Qureshi, Muhammad Asif, et al.

Cancer Epidemiol

2016

Pathology cancer registry

13,508

380

2.8%

2.5%

3.1%

Ahmad, Zubair, et al.

APJCP

2016

Retrospective study

10,000

475

5%

4%

5%

Bhurgri, Yasmin, et al.

Int J Cancer

2000

Karachi Cancer Registry

4268

96

2.2%

1.8%

2.6%

Badar, Farhana, et al.

BMJ Open

2016

Cross-sectional study

5134

73

1.4%

1.1%

1.7%

Bhurgri, Y., et al.

JPMA

2002

Karachi Cancer Registry

7396

203

2.7%

2.3%

3.1%

Yusuf

Jpn J Clin Oncol

2013

SKMCH Cancer Registry Database

7500

525

7%

5%

9%

Badar et al.

JCPSP

2015

Retrospective study

14,893

1606

18%

16%

20%

Colorectal Cancer

Qureshi Muhammad Asif, et al.

Cancer Epidemiol

2016

Pathology cancer registry

7843

671

5%

4.6%

5.5%

Bhurgri Yasmin, et al.

Int J Cancer

2000

Karachi Cancer Registry

2108

150

7.1%

6.8%

7.5%

Ahmad Zubair, et al.

APJCP

2016

Retrospective study

5153

595

5.9%

5.5%

6.4%

Badar F, et al.

BMJ Open

2017

Cross-sectional Study

2408

155

6.4%

6.0%

6.9%

Ahmad Sheraz, et al.

JAMC

2013

Cancer registry

555

24

4.3%

4.0%

4.8%

Shahid Mahmood, et al.

Report

1994–2015

SKMCH+RC Database

64,204

3460

5.4%

5.0%

5.8%

Bhurgri Yasmin, et al.

JPMA

2002

Cancer registry

7396

333

4.5%

4.0%

5.0%